this morning." i'm norah o'donnell along with anthony mason. charlie and gayle are off. >>> no one in washington or in the country seems to be happy about that final outcome. >> late last night the house joined the senate in passing a bill that raises taxes for people earned more than $400,000 a year and families earned more than $450,000. the bill also extended long-term jobless benefits for a year and puts any significant spending cuts on hold until later in 2013. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. well, if this was high school, you'd say they turned in the assignment a little bit late. it was kind of a rush job, but at least they got it done. the house passed the bill with room to spare late last night. the votes were about 2-1. democratic in favor of the bill. but that still qualifies as a big bipartisan victory around here. >> the ayes are 257, the nays are 167. >> reporter: with that vote, the long contentious effort to prevent a middle-class tax hike came to an end tuesday, though few on either side felt like celebrating
